Safely back on the mainland, leaving the magical Apple Isle in our wake we started the journey to Keith. We had 10 days to do justice to one of the most spectacular drives in Australia, The Great Ocean Road. We headed to Torquay first, home of the discount surf store. We had plans to find Ned his first board and perhaps pick up a new winter wettie for me. Boy,did we get more than we bargained for. We found a 6"1 foamie for Ned reduced by 200 bucks and a warm 5...

Flood devastation, massive washouts on cliff face- pathway to squeaky beach.

Whale Rock Wilsons Prom

Ah, the lovely Wilsons Prom! We arrived here around midday on the 29th Feb. Weather on the way in was cloudy with moderately strong easterly winds. We fetched up at Tidal river Caravan park and nabbed a nice sheltered spot on the beach side of the park. The boys were very excited to see that there was an open air cinema and that it was playing TinTin that night. Tom and I were interested to see that in the last few years the elements have been decidedly unkind...

We stayed an extra night in Cape Conran simply because it was so magnificently beautiful. The weather has been wonderful- between 25 and 32 degrees, very little wind and small, clean waves. We had a lovely swim after packing up the van and had the rare privilege of seeing a small red bellied black snake sunning itself in the grass behind the shower. We drove to Daniel Miller's house in the Longford area just past Sale with a brief stop in Orbost for a bakery l...